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Roddy, how was the first half? 34 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:31,159 Speaker 1: Look? I mean, Wisconsin might need some help, Ben, They're 35 00:01:31,159 --> 00:01:32,799 gonna have to get in the game. Not too well 36 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:34,719 for the Badges right now, But I think that's what 37 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:35,799 Cougar fans want to hear. 38 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:40,079 Speaker 2: This Wisconsin team did not play all that well in 39 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,920 the first half. I believe they were three of sixteen 40 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:45,040 from the three point line. Do you think they improved? 41 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:48,840 Were they getting good enough shots? They were just missing those? 42 00:01:50,079 --> 00:01:52,719 Speaker 1: No, it's Yu's defense, Ben, that's what the perimeter defense 43 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:54,959 is a lock. Look, we heard the media availability from 44 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,599 Kevin Young earlier, or Wisconsin likes to run the pick 45 00:01:57,640 --> 00:01:59,599 and pop a little slash at the basket. We heard 46 00:01:59,599 --> 00:02:02,760 from Blant Butch yesterday BYU shutting all of that down, 47 00:02:02,799 --> 00:02:06,000 blitzing over every screen. Everybody's playing defense, even down to 48 00:02:06,079 --> 00:02:09,199 rob right right now, the perimeter defense is locking Wisconsin up. 49 00:02:09,199 --> 00:02:11,240 And look, whether they're getting a good look or it's 50 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,159 a forced look that's not going down. They really have it. 51 00:02:14,199 --> 00:02:16,000 Aj debons to look, you wanted to know who was 52 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,280 gonna guard John Blackwell, it's Aj Debonca He's literally taking 53 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:22,039 this guy out of the game in the first half shooting. 54 00:02:22,319 --> 00:02:25,080 Look what two of seven? I mean, that's your best 55 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:27,560 player who averages just about nineteen and a half points 56 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:29,759 per game, and he's two of seven from the field 57 00:02:29,759 --> 00:02:32,400 and one of four from three. AJ's had his number 58 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:33,240 the whole day so far. 59 00:02:34,759 --> 00:02:38,159 Speaker 2: As far as the offensive productivity and efficiency is concerned 60 00:02:38,199 --> 00:02:40,599 on BYU side of the ball, what stood out to. 61 00:02:40,599 --> 00:02:43,479 Speaker 1: You points in the paint, Ben, They've been able to 62 00:02:43,479 --> 00:02:45,599 get dominant and get downhill twenty two points in the 63 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:49,280 paint to Wisconsin's fourteen so far, and it is Aj Ben. 64 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,719 I think it was four straight possessions that AJ went 65 00:02:51,759 --> 00:02:53,240 to is not in for excuse me three, he went 66 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,680 to the free throw line. Guys just on Wisconsin can't 67 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:57,800 guard him. And when he gets to that little mid 68 00:02:57,879 --> 00:03:01,319 range NBA style Kevin Durant s pull up in the paint. 69 00:03:01,439 --> 00:03:02,719 I mean, you have to give it to him. Either 70 00:03:02,719 --> 00:03:04,199 you foul him or you let him hit the shots. 71 00:03:04,199 --> 00:03:06,199 So right now, that's been the big difference. And Rob 72 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:09,400 Wright's not sellling. Ben. Look, we heard from Brian but yesterday, 73 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:11,879 who's one of the radio analysts of the Wisconsin Badglers. 74 00:03:11,879 --> 00:03:14,039 He said Rob Right is the X factor, and he's 75 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:15,840 been the X factor. Ben. I mean, when you look 76 00:03:15,879 --> 00:03:18,400 at Rob Right's statue, he's got five points along with 77 00:03:18,479 --> 00:03:21,199 four rebounds and then five assists. Five of the seven 78 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,639 b YU assists have come from rober Wright. So obviously 79 00:03:23,719 --> 00:03:25,560 Kevin Young and the coaching staff has done a good 80 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,319 job to let rober Wright know, get downhill when they collapse, 81 00:03:28,479 --> 00:03:31,199 go create a shot, and he's done that so far. 82 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,479 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's uh, it's tremendous to watch this bau minsed 83 00:03:34,479 --> 00:03:38,840 basketball team bounce back and and play really good basketball 84 00:03:38,879 --> 00:03:44,759 after experiencing some adversity. How pivotal has the Kebe Cada Uh, 85 00:03:45,639 --> 00:03:48,800 I guess play Ben? He he got the start, I 86 00:03:48,919 --> 00:03:51,599 mean he had, he'd gone out early in that Yukon game. 87 00:03:51,639 --> 00:03:52,599 Speaker 3: How good is Kaba beIN? 88 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: Oh man, he's been massive, been so far just as presence. Look, 89 00:03:56,439 --> 00:03:58,560 a lot of stuff doesn't always show up on the statue. Look, 90 00:03:58,599 --> 00:04:02,560 kid's got two points, he's got four rebounds, you know, 91 00:04:02,599 --> 00:04:04,840 and he's got one block. And I mean that's the difference. Right. 92 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:07,439 A guy like that makes Wisconsin thinks about when they 93 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:09,400 drive downhill, do we really want this problem? Do we 94 00:04:09,439 --> 00:04:11,319 want to deal with number thirteen? Then when I saw 95 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:13,240 warming up, you know, I was surprised. I was like, Oh, 96 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:15,520 it's Caba gonna play, And then heard from the pregame 97 00:04:15,599 --> 00:04:18,079 radio broadcast that Kevin young Get said he would play. 98 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,399 He was day to day with the concussion. He was 99 00:04:20,399 --> 00:04:22,639 in high spirits. He just wasn't clear for the concussion. 100 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,480 But he was smiling, he was giggity, he was bumping 101 00:04:25,519 --> 00:04:28,199 with his teammates, with John lennehand with Chris Burgess. He 102 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,319 was excited already out there, and his energy and his 103 00:04:30,399 --> 00:04:32,120 presence has been a match. But it's not just the 104 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:34,680 presence of Caba been everybody's been wanting to know about 105 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:37,720 Kadem Boup and this kid man. He's come in and 106 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:41,639 he's made a difference. Like his defense is super underrated, 107 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,920 Like he's been switching on everybody one through five and 108 00:04:45,079 --> 00:04:46,800 he had a couple of fouls. Gotta work with that. 109 00:04:46,879 --> 00:04:49,279 But I mean, right now, the minute that Cable's gotten 110 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:51,639 he's only played eleven. Kadem's backed him up right there 111 00:04:51,639 --> 00:04:53,800 with just about nine. I like what the big man 112 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:55,399 had been doing for BYU today so far. 113 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,040 Speaker 2: Will you remember when we were chatting after the UCF 114 00:04:58,079 --> 00:05:02,040 game last year when I was out Orlando. You know, 115 00:05:02,079 --> 00:05:05,000 there were multiple scouts there and they were all looking 116 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:07,279 at at I mean they were obviously looking at a 117 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:09,839 number of players, Jegory and then the uc There was 118 00:05:09,879 --> 00:05:12,279 two or three UCF players, but they kept out. 119 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:14,519 Speaker 3: They brought up Kadeeb, they brought up canea. 120 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:16,759 Speaker 2: Hey, we want to get is on cadieb So the 121 00:05:16,879 --> 00:05:19,839 clay is good there that it's just how quickly can 122 00:05:19,879 --> 00:05:22,519 he develop and gain confidence in order to make an impact. 123 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely, I mean the clay is there. You see 124 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:27,519 how you can switch one through five, how he can 125 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:29,399 move his feet, he can rebound at a high level. 126 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:31,639 He's getting tit backs and he's fighting for these fifty 127 00:05:31,639 --> 00:05:34,360 fifty balls. That's what's also been successful. He's in the 128 00:05:34,399 --> 00:05:37,240 mix of every fifty fifty fifty ball. I don't care 129 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:39,000 if I'm a coach and he's picking up a foul 130 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,199 to two. If you're jumping for every rebound, going for 131 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:43,319 every steal, diving for every ball, that's what gets you 132 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:44,759 in the game, that's what keeps you on the court, 133 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:46,759 and that's what coaches want. So yeah, still, we're all 134 00:05:47,079 --> 00:05:48,759 still got to have a lot of more development. But 135 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:50,879 to me, right now, I think the team's gonna see 136 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:52,240 a lot more time in the second half when it 137 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:53,160 sucks in a few minutes. 138 00:05:55,399 --> 00:05:58,879 Speaker 2: Do you feel like Wisconsin? I mean, they're still hunking 139 00:05:58,959 --> 00:06:02,160 up a lot of threes here. You mentioned that the defense, 140 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:05,160 the Preimer defense has been on point. 141 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:07,639 Speaker 3: Do you think they have a few. 142 00:06:07,439 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 2: Shots drop this second half and they stay in this game, 143 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,439 or do you think bo breaks it open. 144 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:15,439 Speaker 1: I think Bo is gonna break it open. I don't 145 00:06:15,439 --> 00:06:18,480 think Wisconsin with the way they're playing been and Ba's 146 00:06:18,519 --> 00:06:20,920 perimeter defense, I just don't see in the world they 147 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:23,240 would have to really shoot lights side and Look, BYU 148 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:25,600 wants to run and transition, and they're doing that really 149 00:06:25,639 --> 00:06:27,759 well well when Wisconsin has these long misses been and 150 00:06:27,759 --> 00:06:29,800 Bou is able to push or when they slowed the 151 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:31,319 ball down and give it to Ah and he runs 152 00:06:31,319 --> 00:06:33,480 the point forward and they're getting them in foul trouble 153 00:06:33,519 --> 00:06:37,319 now like Wisconsin. You know, Ben, they have twelve ten 154 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:39,920 fouls excuse me in the first half, like an Aj 155 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:43,079 has drawn like five of them. Like that's that's what's 156 00:06:43,079 --> 00:06:45,160 gonna hurt you, is even if you his shots. When 157 00:06:45,199 --> 00:06:47,240 BAU wants to go to number three, when they want 158 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,560 to go to that number one recruit, it's really difficult 159 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:51,879 to be at a bounce back. So Wisconsin is it's 160 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:54,199 possible they were within striking range. You're only down twelve. 161 00:06:54,439 --> 00:06:56,800 But I think BYU is going to break this open eventually. 162 00:06:57,879 --> 00:06:59,879 Speaker 2: Ronald the three man, we were lying from the delta 163 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:04,800 and are discussing the BYU basketball game that's occurring right now. 164 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:07,480 I think they're gonna be starting up again here momentarily 165 00:07:07,519 --> 00:07:10,959 there at halftime, but thus far this half, I mean, 166 00:07:10,959 --> 00:07:13,560 I was also really impressed with Rob right at fifteen. 167 00:07:13,319 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 3: Minutes play, he only had five points, but he had. 168 00:07:15,839 --> 00:07:20,279 Speaker 2: Four assists, sorry, five assists and four rebounds. He's really 169 00:07:20,279 --> 00:07:24,839 coming into his own as a playmaker. And everyone's benefiting 170 00:07:24,879 --> 00:07:25,120 from it. 171 00:07:26,959 --> 00:07:30,199 Speaker 1: Yeah, everybody's benefited from it for sure. And look, that 172 00:07:30,279 --> 00:07:32,399 was the biggest thing. Like Rob Wright really is the 173 00:07:32,519 --> 00:07:34,000 X doctor. He's the guy that can go get his 174 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:35,959 own shot when he wants. Like, look, if you didn't 175 00:07:35,959 --> 00:07:37,519 get a chance to watch it, I was breaking down 176 00:07:37,519 --> 00:07:40,240 for fans. He's going in the paint. Saw some boyd 177 00:07:40,319 --> 00:07:42,759 up goals to score if he wants to. Hits Richie 178 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,360 in the corner with a brillion pass, hits a deep three, 179 00:07:45,439 --> 00:07:46,959 and that's what gets the energy going. Like, you have 180 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,399 to respect rober Wright's ability to go to the basketball 181 00:07:49,399 --> 00:07:51,519 when you collapse and when you fear that you leave 182 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:53,199 the three point shot open. And when you got a 183 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:55,759 guy like Richie Saunders. They hit seventy five threes last year, 184 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:57,920 it just makes Richie's case for hitting one hundred this 185 00:07:58,000 --> 00:07:59,000 year a little bit easier. 186 00:07:59,519 --> 00:08:02,439 Speaker 2: Shoot you with forty five points up in a first half, 187 00:08:03,279 --> 00:08:06,120 you're most likely gonna be in the driver's seat. They 188 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:08,959 were fifty three percent from the field, thirty one from 189 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:12,240 three point line, and then sixty from the charity stripe. 190 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:16,079 Got to hit your free throws. Obviously, Richie started to 191 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:18,120 find his groove a little bit, five of nine from 192 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:20,199 the field, one for four from the three point line. 193 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:23,279 Speaker 3: Three point shooting. Still not the forte of this BOM's 194 00:08:23,319 --> 00:08:24,240 basketball team. 195 00:08:24,959 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, not definitely not the forte. They've had a couple 196 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:30,040 of look the games before shots just in fall, Ben, 197 00:08:30,079 --> 00:08:32,080 they've been a couple of bad three point shots, a 198 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:35,120 couple of rushlings by Tyler Moruss and Dawson Baker. And look, 199 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,000 I love what Dawson did in the first half and 200 00:08:37,039 --> 00:08:39,879 his minutes righty, he played thirteen, had six points. Love 201 00:08:40,159 --> 00:08:42,840 the stroke that he has. The development staff has worked 202 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:44,240 on that shot. But don't rush the shot, and when 203 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:45,919 the guy's in your face, don't pull a couple of 204 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,440 ball onces. So there's about look, I'm not gonna say 205 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:50,480 they would have made those, Ben, but there's about four 206 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:52,799 threes that they if they don't take those bad shots, 207 00:08:52,919 --> 00:08:55,240 they're about five to twelve, and they're about probably, you know, 208 00:08:55,279 --> 00:08:57,399 a little bit closer in the percentage range that they 209 00:08:57,399 --> 00:08:58,559 want to. But we'll see what they do in the 210 00:08:58,600 --> 00:08:59,120 second half. 211 00:08:59,279 --> 00:09:01,399 Speaker 2: All right, looks like the second half is starting up 212 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:05,360 and the same starting lineup is out. Actually Kadima Boop 213 00:09:05,639 --> 00:09:10,120 is out for CAMPU Ketta, So enjoy the rest of 214 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:10,440 the game. 215 00:09:10,639 --> 00:09:12,919 Speaker 3: Roder will get a postgame recap front. 216 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 1: I'll give you guys a post Henricotta just lets you 217 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:19,639 know over six NBA teams, over ten scouts are here 218 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:21,759 in attendant to watch a Debonsa. He's put on a 219 00:09:21,799 --> 00:09:23,679 show the spot for the first half. We'll see what 220 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:24,600 he does in the second half. 221 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:26,159 Speaker 3: Been Yeah, pretty insane. 222 00:09:26,159 --> 00:09:29,320 Speaker 2: How much talent is there in the room, in the 223 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:32,240 on the court, and in that stadium in A ton 224 00:09:32,279 --> 00:09:36,080 of scouts have converged on the Delta Center, as noted 225 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:40,080 by Ronald the three Man Weaver. Yeah, thirty four scouts 226 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:43,200 from twenty one teams on hand for this number nine 227 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,919 BYU matchup versus the number twenty three Wisconsin Badgers at 228 00:09:46,919 --> 00:09:51,360 the Delta Center this afternoon. Pretty impressive to say the least. 229 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:54,159 Let's take a brief time out. 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